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Comment by Krittick

The robot can be soloed by a warlock. It's immune to fear and drain life, but can be banished. Dot it up, banish when low, bandage. Get distance, dot it up, banish when low, repeat until dead.

Comment by pearfire575

Roams around Manaforge B'Naar. Easy soloed by a frost mage.

Comment by phllpw

Soloed easily as a 69 Hemo-specced Rogue.

Comment by annick

The Arcane Annihilator hit for 600-750 on a 69 rogue. Combat Sword spec in high end gear and I had to pull some fancy stuff (run and Deadly Throw kite for a bit while Kidney Shot cooled down). Used all my cooldowns. Lived with ~15% life. Also I had -50 agility debuff from Netherbloom.

Immune to Gouge, Blind.

Comment by frmorrison

Soloed easy as a 68 Felguard Lock. Just remember to heal the pet at 50%, this guy hits for 600+.

About a 5 minute respawn.

Comment by redux80

Can easily be kited a hunter. Traps, Wing Clip, and Concussive Shot all work on them.

Comment by Avoril

Easily solo'd as a 70 feral druid, under a minute...

Comment by Blitz

The mail shoulders are a quite decent hunter reward, too bad there aren't more of these...

Comment by hugoline

can be solod by Warlock Out Bancih,,

Comment by xryPro

Solo'd by a 70 fury Warrior, just pummel when you see him casting, and use commanding shout before the end of the fight, ended up with about 500 Hp left.

Comment by Sieraj

70 Hunter, and this was the easiest kite I've ever done. Immune to distract/stings... just keep cheeta on, toss a concussion every so often, and steady shot when it stops to spam it's arcane explosion.

The mob does slow laps around Manaforge B'nar. Seen it going both clockwise and counter-clockwise, so your best bet is just to mount up and fly around till you spot it. Can be tracked with Track Elementals.

Comment by shockwaver

27, 74. Solo as 70 shadowpriest. He is immune to fear and casts some form of mana drain silence, like blood elfs racial. Shadowfiend helps with mana and there were no problems with health with shield and vampiric healing

Comment by Eponymoose

Solo'd by a 68 Affliction 'lock.

You can not Drain life from these guys, otherwise you could probably draintank the to death.

This guy is a bit slow so I cleared out the area around him, and CoExaution kited him back and fourth, the cast times on his silence and arcane explosion make them avoidable by getting out of range. Most of my damage was done with Corrupt, Immo, and UnstableAff. He doesn't hit too hard, so you can get beat up a bit and still survive.

Comment by Mblast

This guy was cake as a 70 holy paladin. Didn't even have to use any cooldowns. Just make sure you keep your health up since he has a silence (although it does have a cast time and can be interrupted with your stun.)

Comment by Showgun

Easily soloable by anyone who can kite. Just bring him to Area 52 and his Arcane Explosion will aggro the guards and they'll take care of him easily. Just make sure you do at least 50% of the damage before you do that.

Comment by DwayneDays

This is an obvious shoutout to Tom Servo who was one of the robots on Mystery Science Theater 3000

Comment by Amaunet

soloable by an ice mage. forst nova is your friend!!!

Comment by Balkzardan

Soloed with a elemental shaman 69. I have 7300 health, i was using totem of wrath, wrath of air totem and the earth pet. He is easy to dps. If a shaman can solo is a easy mob = ]

Comment by boo9ni

soloed as 70 ench shaman first thing done after idng exept new spels. put out all totems and potped everything i had of trinks and so. lived with 75% hp EASY even without elemental.

Comment by Rabid

The fury warriors can solo it, the protection warriors can solo it, and the arms warriors can solo it too!

Keep thunderclap and demoshout on him and he hits for nothing. Pummel when he casts the arcane explosion and ignore the silence debuff cast. Otherwise spam MS. Ended with 2.5k health left after using a pot. No need for commanding shout spam.

Comment by Wrexsoul

Add a 68 feral druid to the list of classes able to solo him. Open up in cat to get some extra damage for good measure (pounce-combo points-finisher before he attacks), then just go bear and duke it out. Run away when he starts casting, as both his casts are close-range only. He is stunable and rootable, so use Bash and/or Nature's Grasp to heal (though I only had to heal once before I got him down).

Comment by BelF

Very easy to solo as rcane fir mage.. dampen magic ftw... i did trinket & arcane power pyroblast..then presence of mind pyroblast. by this time i had done 11k dmg. Nova fire blast and a blast wave to finish. Job Done

Comment by RyujiBL

Very easily soloed as a 70 prot warrior. Killed him with about 6k hp left.

Comment by cjonesct

Solo'ed quite easily as 70 sword Rogue. Open with Cheap Shot and pop Adrenaline Rush immediately. You will have 5 combo points at about the time he comes out of stun. Hit kidney shot and he's stunned for another 6 seconds. Hit vanish when he wakes up and immediately Cheap Shot him again. When he becomes unstunned again he should be well under 50% life. Hit Evasion and burn him down while kick-interrupting the Arcane Explosion. Still had 75% life at end.

Just be careful to take out the other pat mobs before you engage him as you don't want adds.

Comment by Backroll

Very easy, just clear out the area around him first.

As a 68 BM hunter I didn't need to kite, just kept Mend Pet up most of the time, used intimidation to build up some threat for my pet, and steady shotted him to death.

Comment by ihealuman

soloable with enhancment shaman, pretty easy, just summon earth elemental and let him tank, and then just dps! piece a cake!

Comment by jim2802

Comment by zacstk

Soloed at 70 Combat rogue in blue, open with a cheapshot and kidney shot as much as possible, and try to keep a slice and dice up also.

Comment by Gorelash

NOT soloable as a 70 Shadowstep rogue. Couldn't do it. I was specced 20/0/41, decent gear and couldnt do it for the life of me. Came back later, after respeccing to combat maces and he was easy.

Save your kick for his Supression, and just back away from him when he casts Arcane Explosion.

Comment by Azide

Soloed as a 70 Enh shaman. Got an add, killed them both, 20% life. No mid-fight healing, no elemental totems. Just a good standard beating.

Comment by Jandiropwnz

Soloed by 70 backstab rogue blue geared, its all about kiting with deadly throw and wait for kidneys ^^

Comment by chineseman26

Easily soloed 69 full frost mage, he is not immune to frostbite nor frost nova. Elemental didn't even die. Just root it and stay away from it, didn't even get hit.

Comment by Dominek

Its 15g now BTW dont know when the change was made but yea they doubled the gold on this one

Comment by Jiod

Soloed as a green-geared 68 mutilate/envenom rogue (41/18/0). Had to use a potion though, but very doable. He is immune to poisons btw, so couldn't use my envenom.

Comment by Tanarian

He walks all around Manaforge B'naarand i had luck and saw him how he walks near the road for area 52 and keep pulling him on guards in are 52 and they help me to solo him with me =)

Comment by Ashanna

Soloed as a 70 holy priest in moderate damage gear (about 500 +damage/healing) Just keep yourself above 60% health with flash heals every once in a while, spam smite and shield when you can.

Comment by sstslayer

Soloed this guy as 70 Retribution Paladin, undergeared. Easy fight, left at 1.3k hp and mana, no need for bubble.

Comment by Obsolesce

Wow, 33 comments saying you can solo it. Not exactly why I looked up the quest. But minus 1 rating to all of you except the first post.

Comment by PurePwnage

This was not a big problem for a lvl 70 mage, but I didnt knew what the level require was when I did it so it is probably not soloable for a lvl 67 :D cords 26.69

Comment by anyth1ng

just solo'd as 70 assassination\subtl rogue.he's stunnable, so that was easy

Comment by TristanPEJ

Soloed as a 70 holy paladin with an accidental add. He has an arcane explosion that hits for a bit and an AoE silence to watch out for.

Comment by racako

Easily solo'd as an Enhancement Shaman, pop up your Earth Elemental to tank and and the Servo is yours.

Comment by TaYroo

As a 70 frost mage this was dam easy , he can be freezed in frost nova which made him real easy :) I killed him like this : summen water elemetal , start frost bolt and water bolt when he is near u frost nova and continue till he dies :P

Comment by Rustybear

Very easy elite quest, soloed it as druid...I did a very easy tactic:I attacked it in stealth, and then did pounce, and did all the dmg i could.... then when it got out of stun, i did main... and then i shapped to bear form... when it jumped out of main, i attacked it... Then i did the -atk power, so i wont loose alot of hp, and then i just mauled n mangled it to death.... very easy, and this is grp quest? noway (:

Comment by AlexeiD

Soloed without a problem with elemental shaman, no need to use your earth elemental. Easily soloed by any ranged damagers really.Just find a route (or circle) where you can kite the robot, throw a few lightning bolts, when he's near use frost shock and start running. Then just repeat lightning bolts + frost shocks combos, you can eventually put down earthbind totem on your way to slower him up more. Not only he moves quite slowly, but he's also frequently stop to cast some aoe spells, which won't hurt you since you're ahead of him, use this time to throw some more lightning bolts :) He has only 20k hp or so, you shouldn't have problems with mana.

Comment by henrikeiken

cords is 21.70

Comment by devilyn

Really easy to solo as 67 hunter. used frost trap when pet at low health, bandaged it to full hp and finished the mob.He is cc'able, so u can slow him, get in distance and bandage if u're melee i guess..

Comment by ithemes

that was easy...soloed as a 67 frost mage...I found him at 21.70

if you are a frost mage, ICE LANCE IS YOUR FRIEND! I just had my elemental freeze him and i froze him (by switching off) then i just used ice lance, because it does as much damage as frostbolt when someone is frozen, so i only used a quarter of my mana and none of my health, then i killed a 65 gnome rogue

Comment by joag

I also found it at 21,70.

VERY easy as a 70 feral druid. I soloed it in bear form. Didn't need to pop out to heal. Just one frenzied regeneration mid-fight. This could have been done easily at a lower level.

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Comment by cadavor

This guy can be a little more difficult than usual for an affliction warlock to solo. I have had good luck with starting with a voidwalker to tank - he isn't able to hold aggro that well, and since the Annihilator hits pretty hard, the voidwalker won't last long. Right before he dies, pop his shield and shadowbolt the Arcane Annihilator down.

Comment by BlazeSVK

spawns at 20 72

Comment by Hazzelhoff

Just a tip, as a prot pally I was able to pull him all the way to Area 52 and let the guards there kill him.I was about so solo him but kept getting adds on me so it happened accidentaly. So if you're having trouble just lead him to 52.

Comment by dimon7777

easy kiteable. im sll/sl lock just corrupshooon him and immolate, then exhaustion, and run run run =)

Comment by Skurken

At level 68 I had flight form and could pick out a good spot for killing him - find some free space or clear 1-2 mobs. Flight form is in no way needed - it just made the overview better.

Open with Pounce, put a faerie fire on him and mangle. This mob doesn't have much health at all.

Rip him (make sure you have put a mangle in - increases bleed damage, remember? :)

Now run a bit away - he's slow and have two abilities with cast times! meaning he will be standing still.

If you're low on health shift out, HoT yourself, shift back to cat form and go do some damage once again.

Keep faerie fire up and mangle - then rip!

If healing is needed run a bit, shift out and heal, shift back in.

It is very much doable - just make sure you got some free room for the fight - there's nothing worse than a pesky blood elf NPC joining the fight.

Good luck - you can do it.

Comment by pagos93

confirmed data on mapeasy to solo the elite with 69 lvl dk killed the mob in 1 min!

Comment by Thwaitezee

Easy to do as a Level 67 Death Knight, I killed it easily. It may take like a minute..But its easy with Blood Spec..And no ghoul out..I got a little boost off of my Dancing Rune weapon..But not that much. Its pretty much easy as a Experianced Player.

Comment by alexmikrut

Hey! I'm a 68 Ret pally. Complete NOOB. I did the quest solo and did just fine with him and two other mobs on me! He's easier then a lot of elites. :)

Comment by xbshx

Doesn't hit very hard at all. Soloed as a 67 Blood DK

Comment by kehwar

Just did it, i find him by mystake while killing the sunfury... then i just pulled him to area 52

Comment by squirrel007

Was an easy solo for me at 68 (frost mage) just summoned water elemental for help and he can be frost nova'd. is on the back side of the manaforge.

Comment by moocow3

I soloed this as a level 67 druid, only had to heal my self twice and did it in cat form apposed to bear.

Comment by Oceanbrz

Picked this one up a lil late but still rather easy.. solo'd as a lvl 70 tank warrior

Comment by exiptez

Easy Solo`d as lvl 67 frost mage:D no problem!

Comment by Zmic

I think theres something very wrong with the quest starter source. The first link that it says it starts from is a wanted poster in the Northern Zangarmarsh and when I clicked on the poster, no response nor a quest.The second link shows that theres a wanted poster in Blade's Edge Mountains that gives the quest, which I highly doubt. I Havent checked the one there but I am not wasting my time going there just to check. Instead I am going to Area-52 in Netherstorm where the posibillity is much higher since it is also where the quest ender is. Just thought I should point that flaw out so that it can be corrected in the future... Peace out.

Comment by Jimicrakcorn

Easily solo'd as a Mut Spec'd Rogue at lvl 67. Found a good clear spot to fight at. then I opened with a cheapshot-Mutilate- expose armor, then pop evasion and kicked his casts. I also had mind numbing poison on to give myself more time. After evasion droped I used cloak of shadows cuz I have glyph for physical attacks as well. I am a BE so i silenced him with torrent, gave him a mutilate-sinister strike and kidney shotted him and then just mutilate- I did pop a potion though-sigh- My deadly poisons were up and I envenomed with a 1 CP and poped a Attack power trinket sinister strike and a slice and dice with one CP and he was dead.

Comment by CrayCray

just solo'd it as a demon warlock took about 25 seconds. found him at 23,75

Comment by Lunitara

Confirming Devilyn's comment. This was very easy as a 67 Hunter, using the tactic she/he mentioned-- burn him, frost trap him, heal your pet then burn him the rest of the way. Also, I spent a decent amount of time circling the area looking for him, and finally I caught up with him at At about 27, 70 (coords), which turned out great because it was a small area without much as far as mobs go, and just enough space to grab only him, and get out of there.

Comment by innocentlysassy

Didn't see one mentioned... so lvl 68 Arms Warrior solo. Had a really good streak of Overpowers & extra Executes, but still think it wouldn't be that difficult without said lucky streak.

Comment by gotgame1996

Just nuked him down as a 67 combat rogue. Easy as pie. Just pop Evasion, Blade Flurry, Adrenaline rush and once all those are up do Killing Spree. Then if you wanted to resist the magic do Cloak Of Shadows.

Comment by CircusofValues

Easy as a 67 Affliction Lock. Haunt, UA, Corr, then Agony. Refresh when necessary. Popped Lifeblood after a particularly nasty 1700 crit, and Healthstoned later in the fight when my HP was low. Then just shadowbolted away in between refreshes. Easy as pie.

Comment by threeofdiamonds

Easy to solo as a 68 frost mage. I found one wandering around 25, 64. Frost bolt, Frost nova when he got too close, then frost bolt until he went down.

Comment by Daxel

To be clear, hes not indside the building. . .he patrols outside so he may not be at the cord where everyone says hes at. . fly around and youll eventually find him. . .

Comment by DonkeyMan2000

Drops off of a level 68 Elite Arcane Annihilator.

Comment by Warnelf

It seems that none of the comments here actually say much about him, but I will:

He is found patrolling around the outside of the Manaforge (not inside it).He is a level 68 Elite, with about 21.5k healthAny class and spec can easily solo it as you can take him down within a matter of seconds.

As a 67 Beast Mastery Hunter, I sent my pet in, put a couple of DoTs on him, and fired away at him with Arcane Shots and Steady Shots. Very easy for all levels, and worth doing if you can use the rewards.

Comment by Bittles

There are actually Two of these Arcane Annilator's. Each patrols different sides of Manaforge B'naar. Conveniently they cross through the areas you need to go to kill Sunfuries on the Distraction at Manaforge B'naar quest.

Comment by Binlade

I did it solo on a level 69 arcane mage

Comment by KasperBP

feral druid lvl67 peice of cake :)

Comment by Tulivis

Soloed Very easy with a Sub Rogue, shadowStep, Ambush, Kidney Shot back stab and evis.

Comment by Lusec

Soloed as a level 67 Prot Warrior. He didn't even get me half dead, just make sure rend is on him and thunderclap as well, then use shield slam and revenge, then devastate when they are both on cd. It'll be an easy fight.

Comment by Darkestryder

Easily soloed as a Frost Mage using Mirror Image and Blizzard.

Comment by WoWEmGee

Kited him with my level 68 arcane mage... took him out without moving... he got one hit on me :P

Comment by Otium

25.9 69 for me

Comment by Ericsmithee

Same location as mentioned, I waited about 40 minutes and luckily one spawned.

Comment by adrienne50

67 BM Hunter. I found one inside the building. Flew in the east door, avoiding the guards, following the indications of the map. I peeked out and he was standing still in the south hallway (where he spawns maybe?). I was imagining I'd have to take over a robot and run him back to area 57 or something, but he was red.

I went out to read here, and when I returned, he was walking around the middle, conveniently past the hallway I was standing in. Kited him in for a pretty easy kill, then the guards outside one by one, for a picnic of sunfury, shrimp and chablis.

Seems a bit nerfed although it still says he's elite. Maybe 2-man is more about the possible mobs? Maybe the spell I stopped with silencing shot was heavy damage? Anyway, back to the picnic.

Comment by adrienne50

I also saw an annihilator roaming below the forge to the south of area 52 that looks identical to the this one. And there appeared to be fewer mobs.

Comment by Alliluh

Found him on a path leading between little sites.

Easily solo-ed on a 67 shadow priest with dungeon gear -- just put the DoT's on, sent out my Shadowfiend, then hit with Mind Blast & Mind Flay until dead. Only needed to put up my shield once!

Piece of cake.

Comment by drugohh

So lol, no one asked how to access the quest yet? I really want to do it 4 the hat reward